LOCUSTA

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 Dictionary entry overview: What does Locusta mean? 

• LOCUSTA (noun)
  The noun LOCUSTA has 1 sense:

1. a genus of Acrididae

  Familiarity information: LOCUSTA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• LOCUSTA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A genus of Acrididae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

genus Locusta; Locusta

Hypernyms ("Locusta" is a kind of...):

arthropod genus (a genus of arthropods)

Meronyms (members of "Locusta"):

Locusta migratoria; migratory locust (Old World locust that travels in vast swarms stripping large areas of vegetation)

Holonyms ("Locusta" is a member of...):

Acrididae; family Acrididae; family Locustidae; Locustidae (short-horned grasshoppers; true locusts)